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Riverside County Sheriff Thermal Heliport

1CA2 · Thermal, California · Riverside County · map

Riverside County Sheriff Thermal Heliport is a private heliport owned by Riverside County Sheriff Dept, 1 mile west of Thermal, California, -117 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 48 by 48 feet of concrete.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks

The airport

Codes
FAA 1CA2
Kind
Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner
Riverside County Sheriff Dept
Elevation
-117 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Lights
runway lights sunset to sunrise
Fuel and services
no fuel reported; the services card below
On the chart
Los Angeles sectional
In the FAA's files since
August 2019

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pad

H1N500 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

PadLength × widthSurfaceLights
H148 × 48 ftConcrete, goodPerimeter lights

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this heliport.

Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Jacqueline Cochran Regional (1 nm southwest), Bermuda Dunes Airport (9 nm northwest), Palm Springs International (21 nm northwest), Hemet-Ryan Airport (44 nm west).

Nearest fields reporting avgas: Jacqueline Cochran Regional (1 nm southwest), Bermuda Dunes Airport (9 nm northwest), Palm Springs International (21 nm northwest), Borrego Valley Airport (24 nm south).

The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.

Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby

Aircraft registered in Thermal from the FAA register

8 aircraft are registered to owners in Thermal, California: 3 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.

Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

  • Bermuda Dunes Flight Training LLC 2 aircraft · Palm Desert, 14 miles away Bermuda Dunes Flight Training is a pilot-owned flight school in Bermuda Dunes, California, offering flight instruction from discovery flights through commercial pilot certification and ratings.

Repair stations in Thermal:

Companies in the same town as this heliport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.

Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this heliport

Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.

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Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 28, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.